Corset



Sept. 2, 1924,. 1,507,408

M. A. WOODS CORSET Filed June 14. 1923 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES MARGARET A. WOODS, F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Application filed June 14, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET A. Woons, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of S'omerville, in the county of Middlesex andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corsets and more particularly to an abdominalcorset, and has for one of its objects the production of a formremodeling garment especially adapted for use in obesity cases, or thosetroubled with pendulous abdomen.

Another object of the invention is to produce a corset composed ofcomparatively light weight material but having the maximum of strengthin'the direction of strain and having certain portions of the corsets sodisposed as to hold an abnormally protruding or pendulous abdomen in,and upwardly, the brunt of the weight of which is by novelarrangementtransferred to the buttocks and hips of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to i provide a corset of this classwith leg portions and perspiration absorbing pads which are removable,and susceptible to rapid change when it is required or desired to so doso.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a corset of thisclass with the usual fastening means, and at certain points, certainother supplemental fastening means,

particularly at points where the greatest strains are imposed to therebyrelieve the usual fastening means of excess strain and to obtainadjustment as required.

The invention further consists in certain 40 features of constructionand arrangement which will be fully understood from a description of thedrawings and the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings: 4

Figure 1 represents a front view of the improved abdominal corsets as itwould ap pear when in use. 7 I

Figure 2 a rear View of Figure 1.

Figure 3 a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the corset as partlyunfastened and turned back to show the removable perspiration absorbingpads.

Figure 4 a view looking towards the left Figure 1.

Like

characters represent like parts CORSET.

Serial No. 645,437.

throughout the several figures of the drawm Tieferring to the drawing:

The body of the corset 10 may be made of any desired number of piecesand stayed and corded to suit the taste or desires of the wearer.

Usually the corset is made of a face material and a lining which areproperly stitched to form the body and are quilted by a multiplicity oflines of stitches parallelly arranged lengthwise of the corset.

It has been found however that when the said quilting stitches werearranged circularly of the body even when light weight material wasused, that this arrangement added greatly to the strain resisting powersof the corset, and this fact, when applied in a scientific mannerenabled the use of lighter material which would withstand even greaterstrains than the corset heretofore used.

In view of this fact the present invention contemplates a body portionhaving a plural ity of rows of stitches 11 arranged approximatelyparallel, and circularly of the body portion and preferably angularlythereon.

While it is not intended to limit the invention to the angulararrangement it is preferred however because of the fact that in manyinstances of corpule-ncy or pendulo us abdomen it is desired to pull theabdomen in, and upwardly, and support it in that position, andconsequently the strain on the corset would be approximately in thedirection of the lines of stitches shown in the drawings.

Acting in conjunction with the circularly.

and angularly arranged rows of stitches 11 and particularly designed toreceive the brunt of the strain, is a circularly and angularly arrangedreinforcing strip or belt 12 stitched to the body portion 10, itsdirect-ion of length preferably coinciding with that of the rows ofstitches 11.

Preferably the strip 12 is composed of the same material as the bodyportion 10, but as is obvious, it may be made of any suitable materialdesired.

As the strip 12 is intended to receive the brunt of the strain, it is inthe present instance arranged with relation to the body portion in suchmanner as to relieve the waist of the wearer of the downward pullingstrain and transfer it to the hips and buttocks.

Viewing Figures 1 and 2 it will be readily seen that any tendency ofdownward pull at the front of the strip 12 would merely tend to tightenthe strip about the body, which would increase the upward supportingaction of the strip on the abdomen, as it is evident that the stripcannot be pulled beyond the hips as its circumference is smaller thanthat of the hips.

. In most corsets provision is made to secure them to the, wearer bysuitablefastening means at the front, and lacings' are provided at theback for the purpose of adjustment.

The drawings herewith show fastening means such as the well known hooks13 and 14- for the body of the corset, while at the waist line front andback, and coacting with the strip 12 front and back are locatedfastening devices such as straps and buckles 15, 16, 17 and'18. p

The straps and buckles at the front are intended to relieve the hooksand eyes of the brunt of the strain, while the corresponding devices atthe back not only relieve the seam 19 of strain but may be used toadjust the waist line and strip-to the most com fortable and efficienttension.

It will be evident that with the construction shown, there will be verylittle if any tendency of the waistline of the corset to pull down, andto offset any tendency of the corsetto gradually work upwardly, thebo'dyof the corset isp'rovided with extension 20 having thigh encirclingstraps 21 and strap and buckle securing means 22 therefor.

As the straps 21' and certain portions/of the body 10 contact with thebody of the wearer at portions thatare somewhat tender and subject tochafe, moisture absorbing material is utilized to protect those parts asindicated at 25, 26 and 27,

Preferably this material is turkish towelling, the strips 26 and 27being arranged to be detachably secured to the corset by suitable snapfasteners 29, while the parts 28 are made tubular and adapted to beslipped on and off the straps'2l when it is desired to replace them orfor the purpose of washng. 7 It is not known that a corset has ever beenmade having a reinforcing girdle or strip fast therewith in such manneras to hold the abdomen in and upwardly, and transfer the strain incidentthereto, to the hips and buttocks, rather than to the waist of. thewearer. I

Nor is it known that a. corset. has ever been made wherein a pluralityof stitches or rowsof stitches encircled the corset for the purpose ofstrengthening-lit, or} that the said encircling rows of stitches werearranged angularly on the said corset for the posed in part of aplurality of'piecesto form a body portion having a plurality of rows ofstitches encircling'it; a strain receiving strip fast with said bodyportion and applied thereto in an lencircling manner and in thedirection of length of said rows stitches; and being secured to the backof said corsetibelow the waist lineand sloping dbwnw'ard'ly' toward thefront and passing over the hip portions, whereby abdominal weightsustaining is transferred to the buttocks andhips of the wearer ratherthan to the waist;,means to fasten said corset to the wearer; andadditional securing means adapted to cooperate'with said strip wherebysaid corsetbody will be relieved of excessstrain. I i

2. A corset of the class described, having in combination a fitted bodyportion com prising a plurality of pieces stitched to gether andhavinga- ,plurality of'rows of stitches encircling it 'and' extending in adownward and forward direction from the the invention I "claim 1. Acorset of the class described com-y middle of the back portion tothemiddle of the front to resistinternal circumferential strain due toabdominal sag, means to secure said portion to the wearer, a reinforcingabdominal weight sustaining band also eX- tending in a downward andforward direc tion from the middle of the back portion to the middle ofthe front and 'securedto' it below the waist line by certainbf saidstitches, and having straps and buckles'at the front and back thereof torelieve the brunt of" the strain from said portion securing, means, andbody portion hold down extensions adapted to be secured to the thighswhereby said body portion maybe restrained from upward creep.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts,

this lBth day of i lu ne," 1 923.

, MARGARET A. Y

